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Through the Education Lens

The Math Salon

The idea of a Math Salon has such great possibilities for creating a culturally cool venue for play and play-oriented groups disguised as enhancement ;>) revolving around math redefining early math education and "math circle time". The Daily Riff featured this video in an earlier post about kindergarten testing - worth the view as a solo presentation - and highlights the work of "Math Mama", Sue VanHattum.

01.19.2015 | Many parents in the United States assume that (math ability)
is just some kind of aptitude -
some kids have it, some kids don't . . .
The result is most of our kids (in the U.S.) don't do really
well in Math . . ." Watch Now | Comments

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12.08.2014 | . . . .most high schools' science "experiments" are really "demonstrations," because they are "rigged" for the right answer, thereby disqualifying them as true experiments where outcomes are unknown. Watch Now | Comments